Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry

Vayutuvan · Post by **Vayutuvan** » 16 Dec 2025 05:10

While ^ above review is not bad, here is one comment on that YT channel that points out where the reviewer was wrong.

@rahulsrivastva5267
5 hours ago (edited)
1) Bike,mall & dam scenes are shot in chandigarh...
2) just today Bondi beach attacker in Australia is also a Pakistani so calling pak an epicenter is an understatement.
3) Omar Shahid Hamid (aide of S P Aslam) in a podcast admitted foreign intelligence officers infiltrating Lyari gangs
4) pahalgam happened because our security forces have to be right all the time & jihadis only one time.
5) in Modi's rule delhi parking lot blast is the only attack since 2014 in a major city, rest all 3 attacks were confined to j&k
6) currency plate scam did happen and so did demonetization just 2 years post modi came into power
7) talk to sensible leaders in pak for peace is as silly as it gets since pak army dictates the term in pak not any politician

Vayutuvan · Post by **Vayutuvan** » 16 Dec 2025 05:14

She also says Hindutawa equivalent of the paki terrorists. Just as she questions the whole movie based on "after 1971 I heard ..." and some Urdu mispronunciation, I have to question whether she is as secular as she portrays herself to be.

Amber G. · Post by **Amber G.** » 16 Dec 2025 11:56

Here is a review from Barkha Dutt (@BDUTT) [/url]

Finally watched #Dhurandhar -and what a gripping watch and masterfully made film !!! After years, it felt a like a return of a big canvas film, with a riveting ensemble cast, a movie made for the theatre.

Here's what worked superbly

Performances- Knockout performance by Akshaye Khanna & Rakesh Bedi, complete intense surrender to character by Ranveer Singh, an understated and fine rendition of Doval by Madhavan, Arjun Rampal menacing as ISI, Sanjay Dutt filling the frame - and Gaurav Gera's dramatic softness as the juice-wallah asset -

Set Design & Detailing - for an Indian film maker to produce a film set almost entirely in Karachi is not easy. The settings, political rallies, bazaars recreated with effective detail

Music- A big hero of the film- cant get enough of it- repurposing and remixing old clasics, techno rap meets qawaalis and fresh, foot tappping songs all designed to trigger viral Shararat at a whole year of weddings

Finally, there is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING against Indian Muslims in the movie. The film is about Pakistan's patronage of terrorism. And we have all lived that as Indians for years on end. Conflating an adversary like Pakistan with India's Muslims is an insult to our own people. Btw I watched the movie with, among others, two Muslim friends who enjoyed it as much as I did.

Tiny points - I did not love the love angle in the film -expected it to be strategic, not Ishq- and because of the intercutting of real footage and fiction (very powerful tool btw) some parts of the movie will send you back to your research books to check timelines & details-but its a MOVIE, not a documentary !!!!

And as movies go- it is an absolutely compelling, mazedaar and riveting watch - larger than life as movies were once meant to be- Congratulations, many, @AdityaDharFilms
and team .

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 16 Dec 2025 12:29

Amber G. wrote: ↑16 Dec 2025 11:56 Here is a review from Barkha Dutt (@BDUTT) [/url]

Finally watched #Dhurandhar -and what a gripping watch and masterfully made film !!! After years, it felt a like a return of a big canvas film, with a riveting ensemble cast, a movie made for the theatre.

Here's what worked superbly

Performances- Knockout performance by Akshaye Khanna & Rakesh Bedi, complete intense surrender to character by Ranveer Singh, an understated and fine rendition of Doval by Madhavan, Arjun Rampal menacing as ISI, Sanjay Dutt filling the frame - and Gaurav Gera's dramatic softness as the juice-wallah asset -

Set Design & Detailing - for an Indian film maker to produce a film set almost entirely in Karachi is not easy. The settings, political rallies, bazaars recreated with effective detail

Music- A big hero of the film- cant get enough of it- repurposing and remixing old clasics, techno rap meets qawaalis and fresh, foot tappping songs all designed to trigger viral Shararat at a whole year of weddings

Finally, there is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING against Indian Muslims in the movie. The film is about Pakistan's patronage of terrorism. And we have all lived that as Indians for years on end. Conflating an adversary like Pakistan with India's Muslims is an insult to our own people. Btw I watched the movie with, among others, two Muslim friends who enjoyed it as much as I did.

Tiny points - I did not love the love angle in the film -expected it to be strategic, not Ishq- and because of the intercutting of real footage and fiction (very powerful tool btw) some parts of the movie will send you back to your research books to check timelines & details-but its a MOVIE, not a documentary !!!!

And as movies go- it is an absolutely compelling, mazedaar and riveting watch - larger than life as movies were once meant to be- Congratulations, many, @AdityaDharFilms
and team .

Amber ji, this is taqiya, plain and simple. A crude attempt to ride the coattails of someone else's success

a turncoat desperately looking for rehabilitation, re entry, access to the unlimited largesse of the public trough and above all, political forgiveness for गद्दारी.

hoping that people have short memories

but as traitorous brand ambassadors for jihadi and paki histrionics, the banished buddi the butt and malodorous turdesai are in a class by themselves. Once feted by hafiz syed and cherished by the sharif brothers, they were wined and dined in the paki cesspits during the congi regimes but are now scrounging for scraps from the tables of the powerful

If you see some of the scum that they "interview", they still quack and walk like ducks, while pretending to be anything but

SRajesh · Post by **SRajesh** » 16 Dec 2025 13:58

Chetatji
I dont think this person has ever tendered any apology for all those soldiers killed during Kargil because of her stupidity in insisting on reporting from BOFORs site.
Likewise rNDTV perfidy during the 26/11 which is clearly protrayed in the movie.
This person is quite on such unpardonable offences.
Reember her crap apology for Kashmir reporting and Gas lighting and condone the Pandit Massacre!!

Amber G. · Post by **Amber G.** » 17 Dec 2025 05:20

Sharing: An excellent video on the Meltdown being witnessed in the Left Ecosystem on Dhurandhar by @shambhav15! (Enjoy)!

Amber G. · Post by **Amber G.** » 17 Dec 2025 05:57

This is from our friend in Canada (NatTelegraph)

I watched the movie Dhurandhar on behalf of the BBC and CBC, after hearing it was dividing opinions on history’s most famous BFFs India and Pakistan.
Good movie, but I am advocating for a full ban on the movie in Canada as it clearly draws a link between terrorism and crime, which provides a direct threat to Canada’s thriving narco-terrorism industry.

,
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chetak · Post by **chetak** » 17 Dec 2025 20:40

#Dhurandhar goes past Rs 540 crore box office collections globally, could hit Rs Rs 1000 crore worldwide if momentum continues.

Director Aditya Dhar, maker of Uri: The Surgical Strike, has hit a raw nerve while making box office history.

Movie banned in Saudi, UAE, Qatar, other Gulf dictatorships for being anti-Pak.

Amber G. · Post by **Amber G.** » 18 Dec 2025 05:15

Sharing:

Rajita Bagga

I was in the Taj Hotel on the night of 26/11 with my husband @Ajay_Bagga. We were fortunate to survive the heinous terrorist attack that night and were rescued alive after 14 hours .

The most bone-chilling scene in #Dhurandhar for me was the red screen where the actual voice

Aditya Dhar replies:

Your words remind us why this story had to be told. That moment was shaped to reflect the brutal truth. If it leaves a mark, it is to ensure we remember, stand united, and never allow such darkness to return. Thank you for surviving, for speaking, and for strengthening our....

Ajay Bagga:

Dear Aditya , thank you for bringing alive the dark challenges that our nation has gone through and steadfastly overcome . As you said , we need to remember , create awareness , stand united and I would add , call out those who unleashed such barbaric atrocities on innocents . You have brought to light very pertinent issues . As we lay in the dark for hours on end , with the Taj on fire , the terrorists in the kitchen of the Chambers firing into helpless civilians, we saw the end result of this hatred bred by state actors . One politician was giving interviews to the media , the handlers heard him and sent the chilling instructions , “ Chambers mein Hindustan ka wazir hai , wahan jao”. They came for all of us ,who were lying down in the Chambers, post that. So many people were shot and killed in front of us . As a Nation we should never forget and you have done a great National service by bringing alive those dark times and exposing the perpetrators of that heartless, mindless butchery of human beings . Thank you and more strength to you . Ajay and Rajita

SRajesh · Post by **SRajesh** » 18 Dec 2025 14:29

https://youtu.be/E9OtHz_LV7o
Terror does have a religion.
Slowly but surely PC's invoilvement in the Counterfeit Notes is now being openly bandied about.
If he was involved, then one wonders how much was the cut for the Famiglia!!
No wonder RaGa was screaming ming bis head off about Demonetisation!!

Amber G. · Post by **Amber G.** » 18 Dec 2025 22:49

Banned’ Dhurandhar Song Steals Spotlight At Bilawal Bhutto’s Party In Pakistan

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 19 Dec 2025 01:11

SRajesh wrote: ↑16 Dec 2025 13:58 Chetatji
I dont think this person has ever tendered any apology for all those soldiers killed during Kargil because of her stupidity in insisting on reporting from BOFORs site.
Likewise rNDTV perfidy during the 26/11 which is clearly protrayed in the movie.
This person is quite on such unpardonable offences.
Reember her crap apology for Kashmir reporting and Gas lighting and condone the Pandit Massacre!!

SRajesh ji,

apology, in a way is admitting guilt

she is certainly ahead of the turd in the gaddari race

she lost serious credibility during the radia tapes episode and thereafter has continued on her downhill journey

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 19 Dec 2025 12:40

#Dhurandhar #Review

SRajesh · Post by **SRajesh** » 20 Dec 2025 16:58

https://theprint.in/national-interest/d ... t/2809419/
Please read Coupts's take on Dhurandhar!!
I can hardly make out any or the horse manure he has tried to protray Pathan!!
Do I get a sese that according to him Behsaram Rang is not direct but Dhurandar is!!! in pointing to you know who

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 20 Dec 2025 18:26

SRajesh wrote: ↑20 Dec 2025 16:58 https://theprint.in/national-interest/d ... t/2809419/
Please read Coupts's take on Dhurandhar!!
I can hardly make out any or the horse manure he has tried to protray Pathan!!
Do I get a sese that according to him Behsaram Rang is not direct but Dhurandar is!!! in pointing to you know who

SRajesh ji,

The guy is a congi gunga din, indentured labor, and he has no option but to play the tune that his masters are paying for

he is a true presstitute, and makes moolah, irrespective of whether the sun is shining or not, google his role in the commonwealth fiasco

no one can ever forget his maliciously cooked up "coup" story, written without a shred of evidence, targeting Gen VK Singh because of the success of the TSD that VK Singh had established

The politicos had all crapped their langotes by then

SRajesh · Post by **SRajesh** » 20 Dec 2025 19:29

On the fake note saga, I heard a chap called Kapoor of Dristikone?? I think, explaining that a large swathe of nationalised banks on the Indo Nepal border had Fake notes.
Furthermore, these had come RBI vaults rather than from ISI/Khanani/Qatar/Nepal route.
He alleges that certaine officials in Finance Ministry/RBI were in cahoots with ISI.
Chiddu's wife defended a yob inolved in case filed by ED when her husband was finance minister!!!
First thing Pranabda did was blacklist De La Rue but he was booted out FM and the block was lifted.
Arvind Mayram, Finance Secretary involved in many of these was walking with RaGa in Bharat Todo!!
Does the rot reac have upto the 'Famiglia'
Yaaniki did the cut reach the top!!
Now RaGa is Swiss alps not to drink hot chocolate i suppose
Why is the dispensation calling out these guys
Atleast get Arvind and Chiddu and cut a deal if they spill the beans!!
Tawahur Rana has been biryani Khilaaud for months now but no big revelations
David Hadley had connections to many Bollywood Producers and Actors

SRajesh · Post by **SRajesh** » 20 Dec 2025 20:22

https://youtu.be/mtE2Eg0N2GQ
And here Ex RAW NK Sood openly calling out the ex-NSA and ex-RAW chief for their perfidy.
He also talks about minister in Atalji's cabinet actively colluding with until/ISI to remove Atalji
No wonder Sanyal in the movies says our enemy is our own people sitting inside the country!!

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 21 Dec 2025 18:15

'Dhurandhar' box office collection Day 16: Ranveer Singh and Akshaye Khanna starrer earns Rs 516 crore net; inches closer to Rs 1000 crore worldwide

'Dhurandhar' vs 'Avatar: Fire and Ash'

As per box office reports, the film came out victorious at the box office this weekend, despite facing stiff competition from the Hollywood release 'Avatar: Fire and Ash'.

As per early estimates, the film grossed an estimated Rs 26 crore on Saturday.

Despite the movie taking a huge chunk out of the Indian box office, 'Dhurandhar', a Hindi release, walked away with the larger chunk, earning Rs 40 crore gross.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ent ... 100436.cms

Amber G. · Post by **Amber G.** » 26 Dec 2025 12:06

Dhurandhar enters the 1000cr club globally in 21 days since its release!

Amber G. · Post by **Amber G.** » 27 Dec 2025 11:47

The reaction of India’s Former High Commissioner to Pakistan and Ambassador to China Amb. Gautam Bambawale after watching Dhurundhar:

Amber G. · Post by **Amber G.** » 28 Dec 2025 00:33

Pakistan's military dictator, Field Marshal Asim Munir, is shopping for weapons aimed at protecting his military from another Indian retaliatory strike. On his list are Chinese 5th-generation fighter jets that could become invisible to Russia's S-400 radar lock-ons and Turkish missiles that can intercept India's Brahmos supersonic cruise missiles that shattered Pakistani airbases on May 10 this year. But Munir has no shield for another lethal weapon fired from across the border — a big-budget Bollywood blockbuster, Dhurandhar, directed by Aditya Dhar.

Why Asim Munir should fear Dhurandhar

Dhurandhar attacks the third pillar of Pakistan's centre of gravity strategy — targeting India's civilian mind space. So far, the Indian movie industry has failed to see the Pakistan deep state's duplicity.

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 01 Jan 2026 21:07

THIS IS NOT A BALIDAN BADGE.

This badge shown in Dhurandhar Part 2 teaser is designed for a very different purpose and is not meant to reference any Para SF insignia. If you observe it closely, it immediately starts telling a very different story.

The first giveaway is the text itself. It uses Latin words and not Hindi or Sanskrit, which Indian Army units and regiments consistently use for their mottos.

At the top, it reads something close to “Pro in Re”, a phrase historically used in intelligence and covert contexts which means “for what is right”, implying action taken outside normal law. This is not a combat unit language, it is black-site academy language.

Also, the weapon in the centre is not a ceremonial sword or a regimental blade. It is a commando dagger, the kind associated with assassination, infiltration and deniable operations. This symbolism has been used across covert training academies and black military programs worldwide, not by frontline units that carry battle lineage and honours.

In the world of Dhurandhar, Jaskirat is not a serving soldier. He is a criminal on death row, erased and rebuilt under intelligence oversight. That is exactly how black programs operate in real life. They recruit criminals or compromised individuals, wipe identities, rebuild loyalty and train them in institutions that officially do not exist.

CIA black programs, French Foreign Legion training schools, Russian covert academies and likely Indian covert conditioning programs all follow this pattern. They share similar symbolism, Latin mottos, daggers, laurel wreaths and a complete absence of national identifiers.

That is why this badge has no tricolour, no Ashoka emblem, no Hindi or Sanskrit motto and no overt Indian military markings. That absence is deliberate.

This is elite-level production design. The level of deep research and intent here is very clear. This is exactly how a covert conditioning academy would present itself.

@AdityaDharFilms and his team have cooked hard.

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 01 Jan 2026 23:13

28th day of Dhurandar

Afternoon show

Bangalore occupancy about > 80%

Madras occupancy about > 82%

This is a hindi film running in the south, which makes it all the more remarkable

most cities in the north were showing afternoon show occupancy about > 50%

collections on Day 28 [4th Thursday] ₹ 15.75 Cr * early estimates - and that too it is the first of jan, when most folks are normally out of town on vacation

The movie is running in the hindi version only, and has not been dubbed in any Indian language as of now (AFAIK)

kicking paki asses has become fashionable once again, and aman ki tamasha has been trashed and has now been firmly consigned to the dustbin where it truly belongs

Day India Net Collection Change(+/-)
Day 1 [1st Friday] ₹ 28 Cr -
Day 2 [1st Saturday] ₹ 32 Cr 14.29%
Day 3 [1st Sunday] ₹ 43 Cr 34.38%
Day 4 [1st Monday] ₹ 23.25 Cr -45.93%
Day 5 [1st Tuesday] ₹ 27 Cr 16.13%
Day 6 [1st Wednesday] ₹ 27 Cr 0.00%
Day 7 [1st Thursday] ₹ 27 Cr 0.00%
Week 1 Collection ₹ 207.25 Cr -
Day 8 [2nd Friday] ₹ 32.5 Cr 20.37%
Day 9 [2nd Saturday] ₹ 53 Cr 63.08%
Day 10 [2nd Sunday] ₹ 58 Cr 9.43%
Day 11 [2nd Monday] ₹ 30.5 Cr -47.41%
Day 12 [2nd Tuesday] ₹ 30.5 Cr 0.00%
Day 13 [2nd Wednesday] ₹ 25.5 Cr -16.39%
Day 14 [2nd Thursday] ₹ 23.25 Cr -8.82%
Week 2 Collection ₹ 253.25 Cr 22.20%
Day 15 [3rd Friday] ₹ 22.5 Cr -3.23%
Day 16 [3rd Saturday] ₹ 34.25 Cr 52.22%
Day 17 [3rd Sunday] ₹ 38.5 Cr 12.41%
Day 18 [3rd Monday] ₹ 16.5 Cr -57.14%
Day 19 [3rd Tuesday] ₹ 17.25 Cr 4.55%
Day 20 [3rd Wednesday] ₹ 18 Cr 4.35%
Day 21 [3rd Thursday] ₹ 25 Cr 38.89%
Week 3 Collection ₹ 172 Cr -32.08%
Day 22 [4th Friday] ₹ 15 Cr -40.00%
Day 23 [4th Saturday] ₹ 20.5 Cr 36.67%
Day 24 [4th Sunday] ₹ 22.5 Cr 9.76%
Day 25 [4th Monday] ₹ 10.5 Cr -53.33%
Day 26 [4th Tuesday] ₹ 11.25 Cr 7.14%
Day 27 [4th Wednesday] ₹ 11 Cr -2.22%
Day 28 [4th Thursday] ₹ 15.75 Cr * early estimates -
Total ₹ 739.00 Cr India collections only-

And the jaunty stench of burning hair among the katwas is rising rapidly in bollywood

arshyam · Post by **arshyam** » 02 Jan 2026 06:30

chetak wrote: ↑01 Jan 2026 23:13 28th day of Dhurandar

Afternoon show

Bangalore occupancy about > 80%

Madras occupancy about > 82%

This is a hindi film running in the south, which makes it all the more remarkable

I can vouch for the Madras occupancy - I tried to get a ticket on the weekend after Christmas, but didn't get any except in late night (beyond 11:30pm) shows. So tried again this past Sunday (week 4), and had to go a multiplex well outside the city to get good seats, and even so, it was 80% occupied.

Also, collections wise, we should note that theatre ticket prices are capped at ₹200 in TN, so the collection figures look artificially low.

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 02 Jan 2026 16:42

Movie Coolie. 1983.

Script written by Kader Khan.

The villain has a trishul in his hand, while the hero, Amitabh Bachchan has a Chand (Sickle moon) as a weapon.

Victory of the good over the evil, as depicted.

Dear Hindus of the 80's, what forces compelled you to tolerate such drivel by such communally divisive writers.

Dear congressis, converts and leftists, who scream communal hatred and religious bigotry today, were you blind in the 1980s when such scenes appeared on the screen.

Watch video

https://x.com/i/status/2006685366326276270

Amber G. · Post by **Amber G.** » 03 Jan 2026 04:45

Does't look like trishul ..may be a pitchfork ..

Hriday · Post by **Hriday** » 03 Jan 2026 10:44

^^
Amber ji, in case you are not aware, majority of Bollywood movies depicts Hindus and Hinduism as villains in a subtle way. This practice is so widespread that there is an X handle which exclusively reports this subject, link below.
https://x.com/i/status/2002318309438456241

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 03 Jan 2026 20:48

ikkis has bombed at the box office

It once again pushed that hoary old chestnut: the aman ki tamasha nonsense and the audience probably went back to watch durandhar once again.

in truth, the narrative has changed after durandhar

Ikkis is the sort of movie that has no specific target audience neither genz under 25 will find it fun to go watch in big theater . Nor millennial above 30 will find it intresting for big theaters . One if the reason movies like dhurandar saiyaara and lokah did so well in box office was that the production was so clear in their execution of their respective movie with clear target audience in mind.

This is the sort amateur mistake u wouldn't expect from a director like raghavan . And even maddock who are distributing it

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 03 Jan 2026 22:19

Ikkis is an Anti-War Movie that lectures Indians about why War is bad... even though India has never started any war.

1971 War was fought to stop a Genocide.

Now Bollywood wants you to believe that fighting a war to even stop a Genocide is bad.

watch this short review

https://x.com/i/status/2007117017015636420

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 03 Jan 2026 22:21

Makers of Ikkis must read this brilliant take by defence journalist @SandeepUnnithan

1971 war by India prevented genocide of an entire ethnic group by pakistan.

But what do these experts know?

Bollywood Peaceniks (actually rent seekers, to use the right term) know everything…

Amber G. · Post by **Amber G.** » 04 Jan 2026 02:44

Chetakji (or any one else like to) - Have you seen Ikkis? - If so, can you critique it (in short)? Basically - Is it worth seeing (or not) from the perspective for American Born (2nd and third generation who have very little exposure to India) people - if I take them to it (It is running is California at present)?.

S_Madhukar · Post by **S_Madhukar** » 04 Jan 2026 05:36

chetak wrote: ↑03 Jan 2026 22:19 Ikkis is an Anti-War Movie that lectures Indians about why War is bad... even though India has never started any war.

1971 War was fought to stop a Genocide.

Now Bollywood wants you to believe that fighting a war to even stop a Genocide is bad.

watch this short review

https://x.com/i/status/2007117017015636420

AB Baby clan member is the lead, what to expect! I watched Pippa the other day and gave me a headache with the lead bro and Sis smoking in 1971?! What msg was that abt. I will gladly avoid this Urduwood fare

Vayutuvan · Post by **Vayutuvan** » 04 Jan 2026 07:39

Raghavan's Andhadhun is supposed to be good.

Kakkaji · Post by **Kakkaji** » 04 Jan 2026 09:26

For those of us who were alive and aware during 1971, there was never a more just war.

Right from March '71 as the events unfolded in East pakistan, we were all hoping and praying for the war to start so that the Indian Army can set things right.

The public was constantly criticizing the GoI for not starting the war immediately, so that the genocide and the refugee issue could be solved. if there were any anti-war people among the Indian public, they were hiding in their ratholes. If this Raghavan guy (who was probably not even born at that time), had talked about 'no war' or 'Pakistanis are our brothers on the streets of any Indian city at that time, he would have been thrashed by the public. Yahya Khan, Tikka Khan, and the Pakistani Army were the biggest villains in the Indian public's eyes.

In fact, Kangana Ranaut's film on Indira Gandhi has shown more accurately the sentiment among the public, and the GoI, at that time.

Arun Khetrapal is a legend in India. Just watch what Lt. Gen. Hanut Singh (who himself was a legend) has to say about him in the video below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJXZt4ms6z8

Arun could have easily avoided this war as he was assigned to a training course, but he insisted on being with his regiment during the war.

At the Battle of Basantar 2nd Lt. Khetrapal, with his bravery, stopped a Pakistani counter-offensive that was building up.

I knew someone who went to school with Arun Khetrapal at the Sanawar School. He said Arun was very popular in his school. His schoolmates were shocked at hearing of his death at such an early age.

In the past few months, Bollywoodias have produced movies that have made a hash of the memories of two greatest legends of the Indian Army - Major Shaitan Singh of Rezang La, and 2nd Lt. Arun Khetrapal of Basantar. To me, that is sacrilege.

SBajwa · Post by **SBajwa** » 04 Jan 2026 19:44

Do not waste a dime on Ikkis.

Amber G. · Post by **Amber G.** » 05 Jan 2026 01:06

^^^ Thx.

Another one about Ikkis: If you are hurt by Dhurandhar destroying your carefully created Aman ki Asha dream, you can watch Ikkis and feel better.

It's about the 1971 war hero Lt Arun Khetrapal, MVC. The story shows his father, Brig Madan Lal, travelling to Pakistan years later and meeting Brig Naser, the Pakistani officer who had allegedly killed Lt Khetrapal in the Battle of Basantar (1971). The film portrays this meeting as warm and emotionally overwhelming because of the respect and care shown to him.

Logically speaking, this film should not have been made if the makers had any sense of respect for their own soldiers, because isolating one courteous exchange within a brutal war distorts historical reality.

Wars are not judged by anecdotes of civility but by patterns of conduct. The Pakistan Army in 1971 was not merely an opposing professional force; it was an army that carried out systematic, large-scale war crimes, mass killings, rapes, and targeted violence against civilians. Tens of thousands of women were raped. Intellectuals were executed. Villages were wiped out. Refugees poured into India in millions. This was not collateral damage; but policy-driven brutality.

Films love symmetry: “brave men on both sides,” “soldiers just following orders,” “war makes everyone equal.” But history is not always symmetrical. In 1971, one side was defending itself and stopping a humanitarian catastrophe; the other was perpetrating it. In that context, highlighting one isolated act of courtesy creates a false moral equivalence, and such a portrayal

Amber G. · Post by **Amber G.** » 05 Jan 2026 01:24

Bangladesh refuse to travel to India for 2026 T20 World Cup, BCB writes to ICC requesting change of venue

SBajwa · Post by **SBajwa** » 05 Jan 2026 03:01

[It's about the 1971 war hero Lt Arun Khetrapal, MVC.]

Wrong. 2nd Lieutenant Arun Khetrapal PVC (Paramvir Chakra).

Tanaji · Post by **Tanaji** » 05 Jan 2026 15:13

Amber G. wrote: ↑05 Jan 2026 01:24 Bangladesh refuse to travel to India for 2026 T20 World Cup, BCB writes to ICC requesting change of venue

It seems that Beedis have now banned IPL telecast as well in Bangladesh. I think with this they have shot all their arrows. Remains to be seen what the Indian response will be.

saip · Post by **saip** » 05 Jan 2026 21:21

Replace BD with Uganda - 21st ranked.